An Annecy Polenta for American Boys

Name: An Annecy Polenta for American Boys (La Polenta Pour les Américains)
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 6 cups boiling water; 4 pounds Italian prune plums; 2 cups cornmeal; 2 cups cold water; 3 large onions, finely chopped; ½ cup butter; ½ teaspoon cinnamon; Pinch of salt; ¼ cup brown sugar; Grated rind of 1 lemon; 4 tablespoons butter; 5 ounces slab bacon, cut into ⅓-inch cubes

La Polenta Pour les Américains

Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Savoie

By Madeleine Kamman

Published 1989

About

What do you do when a crowd of American boys arrives in Annecy on a surprise visit? Open the icebox, find bacon, fresh plums and cornmeal, and start cooking. As it turned out, we all loved it. Use Italian prune plums for the true taste. A lamb’s lettuce with walnut oil dressing rounded out the meal.

Ingredients

3 large onions, finely chopped
½ cup butter
5 ounces

Americas
Europe
United States
France
Annecy
Snack
Savoie
Breakfast
Gluten-free
Mediterranean

Method

Before cooking the polenta as indicated in the master recipe, sauté the onions in the butter and remove them to a plate; in the same pan, cook the bacon and discard its fat; return the onions and bacon to the pan, add water, and proceed to prepare the polenta. It will be nicely flavored and contain protein for hungry boys.

Cook the plums in a larg